Table 1 Characteristics of Clinician Participants
From: Care challenges of home health patients living with dementia: a pathway forward with palliative care
Characteristic | Mean (range) | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 47 (30–74) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 9 (23.7%) | ||
Female | 29 (76.3%) | ||
Race/Ethnicity | |||
White | 31 (81.6%) | ||
Asian | 6 (15.8%) | ||
Multiracial | 1 (2.6%) | ||
Setting/Discipline | |||
Inpatient Physician Nurse Practitioner Social worker | 11 (28.9% 9 (81.8%) 1 (9.1%) 1 (9.1%) | ||
Primary care | 17 (44.7%) | ||
Physician | 11 (64.7%) | ||
Nurse Practitioner | 2 (11.8%) | ||
Social worker | 3 (17.6%) | ||
Other | 1 (5.9%) | ||
Home Health | 10 (26.3%) | ||
Leadership (administrators, managers, directors) | 4 (40%) | ||
RN/PT/OT | 2 (20%) | ||
Social work | 2 (20%) | ||
Hospice | 2 (20%) | ||
Facility | |||
Academic health system | 20 (71.4%) | ||
VA medical center | 8 (28.6%) | ||
Highest Degree | |||
Associate | 3 (7.9%) | ||
Bachelor’s | 0 (0%) | ||
Master’s | 11 (28.9%) | ||
Doctoral | 23 (60.5%) | ||
Other | 1 (2.6%) | ||